Improvement in corn-planters



UNITED STATES ALEXANDER ANABLE, oF MIDDLESEX, NEW Yonx.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNiPLNTERSL Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 26,64*), dated January 3, 1h60.`

. .To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDERANABLE, of Middlesex, in the county ofYates and State of New York, have' inventeda new and ImprovedCorn-Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure1 represents a plan or top view of my invention. Y Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section of the same, theline as, Fig. l, indicatingthe plane of section. 3 is a similar section of the hopper-box, taken inthe line indicated by the line 1/ y, Fig. l; and Fig. 4; is aback viewofthe dropping-tubes.

i Similar letters in the several figures indicate corresponding parts.i. Y

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

A frame, A, .is supported by two wheels, B B', which operate on separateaxles, C.

On the top of the frame, and arranged in the usual manner, are t-hehopper-boxes D, from which the seed is discharged by seed-droppin grollers E, that are secured to a shaft, a., which extends under theWhole length of the frame A. One ofthe dropping-rollers is representedin Fig. 3, in section, in a position ready to receive seed. A spring, b,`is secured to the shaft a in such a manner that the seed-cells of thedropping rollers are turned down, and a toothed cam, c, is firmlyattached to said shaft, which serves to bring the dropping-rollers to aposition as shown in Fig. 3. The cam is actuated by a cog-wheel, d,which is secured to a e small shaft, e, on the back of one of the hopper-boxes, and to which motion. is imparted from a wheel,f, on the hubofthe driving-wheel V B', and by means of intermediate cog-wheels,

q and l1. The cog-wheel`gis attached to a lever,`fi, so that itcan beraised, whereby the dropping apparatus is thrown out of gear. The

cog-wheel d has its teeth cut awayon two or more planesforming'intermediate spaces, d', i

so that the cam c, together with the shaft a and dropping-rollers, isallowed to fly back by the action of the spring b `whenever one of theintermediate spaces, d', comes opposite to the cam. 1By these means acontinuous rotarymotion can be given tothe cog-.wheel d, and Still thedropping-rollers are eausedto receive seed and discharge the same at theproperintervals. From the dropping-rollers the seed `is discharged intoconical receivers F, that are placed in the top ofthe dropping-tubes G.IThe lower end of these tubes forms a hoein the usual manner, and theyare secured to a shaft,j, that is hinged to'a toothed rack, II, in such`a manner that either end of the samecan beraised quite ,y easily, andthepositionofthe hoes `is further strengthened by hinged bars I. When oneof the hoes comes in contact with an obstruction, v

it passes over it quite readily. The toothed rack H slides up .and` downin guides k, that are secured to one ofthe cross-timbers of the frame A,and a pinion, K, serves toraise and lower said rack, together with theshaft j and hoes or dropping-tubes G., Y t

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, ips-:4r

The arrangement of the cog-wheel d with ini termediate spaces, i d', incombination with the cam c, spring b, and seed`dropping rollers E,

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

